Røros Mining Town and the Circumference

World Heritage

Norway

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The mining town of Røros and the surrounding area are associated with copper mining, which began in the 17th century and was worked for 333 years until 1977. The site includes the town and its industrial rural cultural landscape, the smelter Femundshytta and its associated areas, and winter transport routes. Røros was destroyed by Swedish troops in 1679 and has since been completely rebuilt, with around 2,000 one- and two-storey wooden houses and a smelter. Many of the buildings retain their black wooden façades, giving the town a medieval appearance. The site is surrounded by a buffer zone that coincides with the privileged zone (periphery) granted to mining companies by the Danish-Norwegian Crown (1646), demonstrating a lasting culture based on copper mining that was established and flourished in a remote, climatically harsh region.

# 17th century

# Copper

# 333 years of mining

# Winter transport routes

# Medieval appearance

Overview Røros

Natt painting by Harald Sohlberg from 1904 (titled Night)

Johan Falkberget

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Storgaten Røros, painting by Harald Sohlberg from 1903 (titled Røros main street)

The old Røros in front of the church

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Finneveta, one of the narrow old streets in Røros

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Information extracted from Wikidata

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Commons category	Røros
inception	1838-01-01T00:00:00Z
coordinate location	Point(11.383055555 62.574166666)
official website	https://roros.kommune.no/
topic's main category	Category:Røros
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point in time	1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
point in time	1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
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country	Josef Kirpal
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Norwegian municipality number	5025
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object has role	målform
member of political party	Norwegian Labour Party
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head of government	Hans Vintervold
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located in the administrative territorial entity	Trøndelag
start time	2018-01-01T00:00:00Z
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